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单词 overbuy
释义 overbuy
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: Middle English overbiggen, from over (I) + biggen, byen to buy
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to buy at an excessive price
2.
 a. : to buy in quantities exceeding needs or demand
  < found that he had overbought fertilizer >
 b. : to affect injuriously (as by causing price rises) by too much buying especially in relation to supply
intransitive verb
: to make purchases that are in excess of needs or demand or are beyond one's means
 < overbuying and then holding for an advance in prices — Jules Backman >
 < overbuying … is often detected and the subscribers warned — A.F.Chapin >
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